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    Rowan University senior running back Withler Marcelin (Ocean Township) earned New Jersey Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors after a record-setting day against Widener University. He became the school’s all-time leading rusher with 3,309 yards, eclipsing the previous mark of 3,217. Marcelin ran 27 times for 164 yards and two touchdowns. The Long…

  • Bongiorno, Burke team up for pair of Sire Stakes-Green Acres wins

    Driver Joe Bongiorno and trainer Ron Burke teamed to win a pair of New Jersey Sire Stakes-Green Acres races Sept. 5 at Freehold Raceway. Both events were pre-card, non-wagering races and both were $7,000 opening legs for 3-year-old pacers. In the event for fillies, Bongiorno, a Howell High School graduate, guided Lissan to a wire-to-wire…

  • Lancers start strong with win in opener against Matawan

    ST. JOHN VIANNEY By MATTHEW ROCCO Correspondent St. John Vianney High School is coming off one of the best football seasons in school history. The Lancers went 10-1, earned a division title and advanced to the NJSIAA sectional semifinals last year. Still, a cloud of uncertainty drifted over the team thanks to a last-minute coaching…

  • Middletown teams winners in football season-openers

    By WAYNE WITKOWSKI Correspondent Middletown High School North quarterback Donald Glenn threw for three touchdowns in the Lions’ 41-10 win over Perth Amboy High School in their Sept. 11 season-opener in Middletown. The Lions begin their Shore Conference A North Division schedule Sept. 19 at Marlboro High School. FRANK GALIPO The Middletown High School South…

  • New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015

    TOP PICK The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program In Cinema Studies, present the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2015. Showcasing new international films, American independent features, experimental and short subjects, classic revivals, and cutting-edge documentaries, the festival will feature more than 30 film screenings. The 25…

  • A scary visit with the grandparents

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com For virtually their entire lives, Becca (Olivia DeJonge) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) have not seen their grandparents, Nana and Pop Pop. Their mother left her childhood home at a young age and under difficult circumstances. In the new film The Visit, the kids are about to spend a…

  • Neil Patrick Harris shows us ‘Best Time Ever’

    By Lori Acken Neil Patrick Harris returned to series television on Sept. 15 in NBC’s Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris, a live, high-energy, happy hodgepodge of music, pranks, gameshow elements and more, with Harris as the self-described P.T. Barnum at the center. “I want to create a show that I can gain the…

  • Legislators urge FEMA to extend deadline for review of Sandy payouts

    By ADAM C. UZIALKO Staff Writer State and federal officials are asking that homeowners be given more time to request a review of their superstorm Sandy insurance payouts by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The FEMA flood insurance reviews were established earlier this year after allegations of fraud and low insurance payouts plagued the…

  • Seniors invited on trip to Hershey museum

    Club 60 and the Senior Citizens Club of St. Clement’s Parish, Matawan, will be the hosts to a trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania, Dec. 10-11. The trip will include a guided bus tour of the town, one night at the Hershey Lodge, a buffet breakfast and admission to the Hershey’s Chocolate World museum. The cost is…

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